Members of the public will be asked for their views on the council鈥檚 latest campaign to bring funding to P站色情片 and Bute, as part of a consultation on budget priorities.
At its meeting today (17 October), council agreed to seek the views of local people on how best to bridge an estimated funding gap of 拢9.2million in 2020/21.
The consultation highlights work the council has been doing to increase funding for local services through the potential transfer of four council-run ferries to Transport Scotland.
This move would release 拢1m a year.
Council Leader, Councillor Aileen Morton, explained: 鈥淲e鈥檝e been doing a lot of work to raise awareness of P站色情片 and Bute鈥檚 opportunities and challenges among those who could support its future.
鈥淧站色情片 and Bute needs its council to provide more services than many other councils, for example ferry services. P站色情片 and Bute though has had a bigger cut to its council funding over recent years than most other areas in Scotland.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been promoting P站色情片 and Bute鈥檚 cause therefore in different ways, to try to secure more support for its council services. We want P站色情片 and Bute to thrive.鈥
Work done includes setting up a Forum that brings together P站色情片 and Bute鈥檚 Parliamentarians to consider local issues and opportunities; leading a partnership of West Coast councils seeking Scottish Government support in addressing de-population; raising P站色情片 and Bute matters nationally via COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities); and working with other island authorities to promote island needs at UK and Scottish Government level.
The consultation agreed today includes a question on whether or not the public supports council-run ferries transferring to Transport Scotland to protect them from council budget cuts.
The ferry services under consideration for transfer are Easdale/Seil, Lismore/Port Appin, Luing/Seil; and Jura/Islay.
Councillor Gary Mulvaney, Depute Leader of the Council said, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 simple 鈥 the more funding the council has, the more we can do for local people. We are looking at all options for increasing funding for P站色情片 and Bute. Transport Scotland delivers ferry services for other islands 鈥 it鈥檚 been running Western Isles鈥 ferries for a number of years, and has provided 拢20m+ for ferries in Orkney and Shetland.
鈥淲e obviously need to look at Transport Scotland鈥檚 role in supporting P站色情片 and Bute, the area with the highest number of inhabited islands of all of Scotland鈥檚 councils.鈥
The consultation will be available on the council鈥檚 website (www.argyll-bute.gov.uk), from council customer service points, and by calling 01546 604171 from w/b 28 October, and will run until Monday 16 December.